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Senth IN1 AR Glasses for the Cycling Enthusiast

Recon Instruments released the Recon Jet earlier this year, and now it is joined by the Senth IN1 from Insenth (a ...

Are the Folks at QD Vision Worried?

Although QD Vision’s message at Display Week in San Jose was bullish, if I worked there I’d be worried. Why is ...

Toshiba Result 12/08/2016

Toshiba reported Q1 2016 net profit of $774 million. Turnover was $11.7 billion. The company reported its first quarterly net profit ...

DirecTV Market Share Shifts Regions

The DirecTV group will end 2015 with a higher number of pay-TV subscribers in Latin American than in the USA for ...

Boeing Shows Upgrade to 8K e-Shift CRVS Simulator

Boeing was in the JVC booth at I/ITSEC 2014 showing their updated CRVS (Constant Video Resolution Simulator) with new an IG ...

Acer Signs Sarco

Acer has chosen to use Al Seeb Technical Establishment (Sarco) as its distributor in Oman.

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SMI Begins Operations in Shenzen

by Bob Raikes

Semiconductor Manufacturing International has begun operations at its 200mm wafer fab in Shenzen. 10,000 wafers will be produced each month by the end of the year, growing to 20,000 per month by the end …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Shipments Will Fall, Says Inventec

by Bob Raikes

Shipments of laptop PCs from Inventec will fall between November and December, the company has said. Inventec shipped 1.5 million notebooks in October and 1.6 million in November.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| ODMs & OEMs| Vol 21 - Issue 50

LED-Lit Displays’ Value Falling

by Bob Raikes

LEDinside, a division of Trendforce, has predicted that global production value of LED-backlit tablets and LCD TVs will fall 21.7% and 14.3% YoY, respectively, this year. The products’ production value will be $476 million …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50

G-Tech Plans 3D-Forming Glass in 2015

by Bob Raikes

In Q1’15, Taiwan’s G-Tech Optoelectronics will begin to produce 3D-forming glass (using materials from Corning) for use in vehicles and smartphone screens. According to sources in the country, monthly capacity will begin at 200,000 …

Tags:Corning| Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50

First Carbon Nanobud Roll Delivered by Canatu

by Bob Raikes

The first order of Canatu’s carbon nanobud film, in a roll format, has been delivered to a touch module manufacturer in Asia. A Direct Dry Printing method, on a roll-to-roll line, was used in …

Tags:Canatu| ITO Replacement| Mobile Display Monitor| Roll to Roll (R2R)| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Chinese Vendors Open Bidding Wars

by Bob Raikes

Rather than price negotiations, some Chinese TV vendors have adopted open-bid competition with optical film suppliers, say sources in Asia. The vendors are seeking to lower procurement costs; suppliers from China, Japan, Korea and …

Tags:Film materials| Large Display Monitor| Pricing| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Chinese Polariser Production Delayed by Approvals

by Bob Raikes

Production of polariser’s at Chi Mei Materials’ factory in eastern China may not begin until mid-2016. Production was originally scheduled for Q1’16, but has apparently been delayed by the time taken to obtain government …

Tags:China| Film materials| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Polarisers| Vol 21 - Issue 50

ASE Plant Resumes Operations

by Bob Raikes

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering’s K7 plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, has been allowed to resume operations. The plant was closed earlier this year due to major pollution violations, which ASE has endeavoured to fix.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Industry| Vol 21 - Issue 50

32″ Panel Prices on The Rise

by Bob Raikes

32″ LCD TV panel prices have risen 25% since March 2014, to $95, say Asian supply chain sources. Prices have been driven up by demand from Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics. The increase has …

Tags:BOE| CSOT| Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Vol 21 - Issue 50

‘Major’ CNT Project Set to Begin in Azerbaijan

by Bob Raikes

A memorandum of understanding has been signed in Azerbaijan, regarding a ‘major’ carbon nanotube (CNT) project. Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC), Sumgait Chemical Industrial Park and Southwest Nanotechnologies (SWNT) agreed the MOU, which will see …

Tags:CNTs (Carbon Nanotubes)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 21 Issue 50

by Bob Raikes

Until the end of December, AMD is offering up to 50% rebates on its Firepro graphics cards. First-time purchases of the W9100, W8100, W8000, W7000, S9000 and S7000 cards from approved resellers will be …

Tags:AMD| Graphics Cards| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Mobile Display Monitor| NEC| Touch Displays| Vol 21 - Issue 50

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 21 Issue 50

by Bob Raikes

Asus‘ Zenwatch (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36) will be on sale in the UK from the 23rd December. It will initially be sold exclusively at Currys and PC World, for £165 ($260). Fujitsu …

Tags:Asus| Fujitsu| Google| Huawei| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 50